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Venezuela's Maiquetia airport as seen on July 27, 2017. A Dutch freelance reporter was recently detained and interrogated there, and was sent back to the United States.
Venezuela denies entry to Danish freelance reporter
January 22, 2019 3:43 PM EST
On January 9, 2019, Venezuelan security agents detained Danish freelance reporter Kristoffer Toft when he tried to enter the country on a tourist visa at Maiquetía airport in La Guaira, in northern Venezuela, the reporter told the Committee to Protect Journalists. Officials interrogated Toft and conducted a Google search of his name before denying him entry to the country and placing him on a return flight to Miami, according to the journalist and posts by Venezuelan press freedom organizations on social media.
Toft, a reporter and researcher who had previously visited Venezuela several times, told CPJ that he traveled there in order to write and pitch articles to Danish media outlet TV2, and had agreed to do a live interview with the station as a commentator on January 10, the day of President Nicolás Maduro's inauguration for his second presidential term.
When he told an immigration agent at Maiquetía airport that he was entering Venezuela to visit friends and do reporting, the agent asked him to wait while his case was reviewed, Toft told CPJ. He said that after 45 minutes, officials in plainclothes who identified themselves as agents of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service, the country's military intelligence agency, approached him and said they needed to conduct a further review of his case.
Toft told CPJ he could see the agents searching his name on Google on their phones.
In November 2017, Toft published an article on the Venezuelan news site Caracas Chronicles that criticized the government's attacks on free speech and academic freedom, claiming that "knowledge, and free access to it, are deeply threatened in Venezuela today." The piece appeared at the top of the search results for Toft's name, after his Twitter profile, which reads "right now mostly concerned about Venezuelan dictatorship."
According to Toft, agents informed him he would be sent back to Miami on the same plane that had brought him to Venezuela, because he lacked the necessary authorization to enter the country. When Toft asked the agents how he could obtain the proper authorization, he received ambiguous responses and was told to reach out to the Public Ministry, an office under the Venezuelan attorney general that does not handle immigration documentation. Toft was quickly forced to board the plane and sent to Miami.
As reported by CPJ, in recent years the Venezuelan government has harassed and denied entry to several international journalists. In 2016, officials cited inadequate documentation when denying entry to CPJ Andes correspondent John Otis and five other journalists who were traveling to Venezuela to cover protests there. German freelance journalist Billy Six is currently detained at the Helicoide military prison and faces charges of espionage and rebellion.
Kristoffer Toft


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American Pharoah goes out a winner in Breeders' Cup Classic
Beth Harris The Associated Press
American Pharoah, with Victor Espinoza up, wins the Breeders' Cup Classic on Saturday at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky.
Photo: Brynn Anderson — The Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. >> Triple Crown champion American Pharoah took charge out of the gate, winning the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic by 6 1/2 lengths Saturday in his final race before retirement.
The 3-year-old colt ran 1 1/4 miles in a track-record 2:00.07 as the sentimental 3-5 favorite among the crowd of 50,155 at Keeneland. Fans stood 20-deep all along the rail, cheering and snapping cellphone photos of the superstar horse.
Except American Pharoah didn't hear them. He wears ear plugs to muffle any sounds that might startle him.
He paid $3.40, $3 and $2.40.
Effinex, a 33-1 shot, returned $14.20 and $6.60. Honor Code was another 4 1/2 lengths back in third and paid $3.40 to show.
American Pharoah took on seven rivals after mare Beholder and Smooth Roller dropped out.
It probably didn't matter how many faced him on a cloudy, cool day at Keeneland.
He smashed the old track record of 2:05.36 by more than five seconds.
American Pharoah won nine of his 11 career starts, including the first sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in 37 years this spring. He earned a total of $8,650,300 for Ahmed Zayat, the Egyptian-born owner who chose to keep his popular horse in training so fans could see him run.
"We wanted him to go out as a winner," Zayat said. "He is a winner."
Next up for American Pharoah is a new career as a breeding stallion at a farm in Kentucky bluegrass country near Keeneland.
The colt became the first horse to win the Triple Crown and the Classic in the same year, and the only one to have such a chance since the Breeders' Cup didn't begin until 1984.

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Protesters in front of the San Francisco Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in downtown San Francisco, Jan. 26, 2018 (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
WATCH: 'Let my people stay' rings out in Jewish protest at S.F. immigration office
By David A.M. Wilensky | January 26, 2018
More than 100 Jews from around the Bay Area gathered in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in downtown San Francisco today, calling for justice for undocumented immigrants and showing support for renewal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
The protest was organized mainly by Jewish entities, such as Reform California (a project of the Religion Action Center of Reform Judaism), Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice and the Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley's Community Relations Council, along with Faith in Action Bay Area (a multifaith network of congregations and community leaders) and others.
Rabbi Julie Saxe-Taller, an East Bay-based rabbi formerly serving Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, acted as emcee of the event, which was titled "Let My People Stay: Rally in Solidarity with Bay Area Immigrants."
"My grandmother's escape from Germany was facilitated by a woman who worked in a German passport office," Saxe-Taller told the participants. "Without her, I would not be here. I will never know [the worker's] name, but I stand here in her spirit and in the spirit of my grandmother to say that we are all connected.
"As a community of Jews, so many of whom are descended from immigrants, we say to today's immigrants: We affirm your humanity … the California we want to live in includes you."
Another speaker was Nicoll Mischel, a Bend the Arc volunteer who was arrested in Washington, D.C. last week at a similar protest. Bend the Arc is a national Jewish social justice organization with a regional office in San Francisco.
When someone knocks on [my] door too hard, we get scared.
Mischel, 26, of San Francisco, spoke about her Mexican-born mother's difficulty immigrating to the United States.
"Her whole life has been a back-and-forth struggle in pursuit of the American dream," Mischel said. "When she became a citizen, it was so beautiful to see her gain access to health care, better job opportunities, a better life, but most importantly, her dignity."
Violeta Roman, an organizer with San Carlos-based Faith in Action Bay Area, spoke in Spanish, telling the crowd, via a translator, about her father being taken by U.S. immigration officials.
"Immigration came to my house when I was at work, and they came for my father, who is an old man. They came with guns, and my children were there," Roman said, choking back tears. "From that day, there's a trauma in all of us. When someone knocks on [my] door too hard, we get scared."
Protesters held signs with slogans such as "Jews for Dreamers," "We've Seen This Before" and "Never Again Is Now." Many signs said simply, "Let My People Stay," a riff on Moses' famous declaration, "Let my people go."
At the end of the one-hour event, an organizer brought out a humongous loaf of challah for everyone to share. The crowd sang "Gesher Tzar Me'od," which quotes Rabbi Nachman of Breslov: "The whole world is a very narrow bridge, but the most important part is not to be afraid." Rabbi David Cooper of Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont blew a shofar.
In closing, Saxe-Taller called out triumphantly: "We'll be back next Friday. We'll be back again!"
Full video of the protest:
Tags: interfaith, immigration, Bend the Arc, dreamers, DACA, ICE, #LetMyPeopleStay
Jewish pro-DACA protests continue all week at S.F. immigration office
'Moral emergency': Bay Area Jews join nationwide immigration protests
Jews at the border: Let my children go!
Dozens of Jewish activists arrested at pro-DACA protest in D.C.


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Q: JQuery measuring position of a hidden element Is there a way to get $element.position() working for a hidden (i.e. display:hidden) element?

A: Just try
mypos = $('#myelement').css({
  visibility: 'hidden',
  display: 'block'
}).position();

A: You could try :
var pos = $element.show().position();
$element.hide();

Only in exceptional circumstances (some untimely interrupt by some process outside the current window/tab), will the element be momentarily rendered.

A: 'display:none;' removes the element from the document so it does not have a position. You could try a quick 'display: block; visibility: hidden;', get the position, and hide it again.
Edit:
This is explained on this question's page already: jquery: get the offset of hidden element

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Lion Fight Promotions, an elite worldwide leader in Muay Thai combat, returns to the renowned Foxwoods Resort Casino with a stellar lineup of accomplished and rising stars, and headlined by two world title bouts.
Taking place on Saturday, February 3, Lion Fight 40 is topped by a showdown for the world cruiserweight title as reigning champion and Boston-area sensation Chip "The Surgeon" Moraza-Pollard defends his crown against New Zealand's Slava Alexichek.
The co-main event is expected to be pure fireworks as the exhilarating "Mr. Lightning" Lerdsila PhuketTopTeam from Thailand vies for the World Lightweight championship against Kiwi rival Alexi Serepisos. Adding more spark to the all-star roster, Lion Fight will unveil its new North American title with a clash for the light heavyweight honour between Brett Hlavacek and Elijah "The Mayor" Clarke.
Tickets for Lion Fight 40 go on sale very shortly at www.foxwoods.com (more details to follow).
In the very near future, Lion Fight Promotions will be announcing its new television partner which will be providing live coverage of the events. "A lot of great things are on the horizon for our organization, not the least of which is this spectacular lineup for Lion Fight 40," said Scott Kent, CEO of Lion Fight Promotions.
"Our roster of fighters is unmatched by any Muay Thai promotion in the United States. We are very excited about our 2018 schedule which features five live events at Foxwoods Resort Casino, and we are thrilled to be securing a new television partner that will boost the Lion Fight brand in significant fashion.
Hailing from Plymouth, Massachusetts, Moraza-Pollard (6-0) will enjoy the fan favourite advantage that goes with fighting near his home town. Moraza-Pollard captured the world cruiserweight title at Lion Fight as he registered a unanimous decision win over Paul Banasiak – a bout that concluded with Moraza-Pollard flooring his opponent with a devastating head kick in the dying second of the fifth and final round.
Since then, Moraza-Pollard has added another belt as he represented Lion Fight at Muay Thai Grand Prix's event this past November in London, England, and won the MTGP world title with a dominant performance against then-unbeaten rising star Jordan Smith.
Alexichek (30-8) arrives for his Lion Fight debut coming off the high of winning an eight-man tournament for King in the Ring. Born in Irkutsk, Siberia, Alexichek has lived in Auckland, New Zealand since his youth.
Few fighters in history have the colourful career that Lerdsila (186-31-5) boasts. The Bangkok, Thailand, product is a global sensation with a resume highlighted by a 100-fight winning streak. The 36-year-old legend is a three-time world champion in three different weight divisions for the prestigious Rajadamnern Stadium promotion in his home country. Lerdsila, who made his organisational debut with a stunning head-kick knockout at Lion Fight 36, is currently on an eight-fight winning streak.
Serepisos (40-10), who will turn 24 years old less than two weeks after Lion Fight 40, makes his organizational debut coming off his own victory in a King in the Ring tournament. A two-time WMC world champion, the Wellington, New Zealand, native will be making his first trip to America but he has previously fought notable competition in China, Hong Kong, Australia, and Myanmar.
Lion Fight unveils its new North American title in a big way, fittingly with a Big Apple Battle as rival New York City competitors square off.
Hlavacek (18-6) has been a stalwart on the Lion Fight scene, but now moves down to the light heavyweight ranks where he expects to better capitalize on his high-level technique. Clarke (8-1) has long been one of the prevalent faces of Muay Thai in New York, and arrived on the Lion Fight scene with a thorough five-round decision win over Juan Jackson back in September.
Many of Lion Fight's best young talents will take part in Lion Fight 40, including show stealer Cris "Golden Leg" Mims plus the long-awaited return of the dazzling "Don" Julio Pena. Also on the Lion Fight 40 card will be Steve "Put Em To Sleep" Walker and Brian "Magoo" Bogue, both massive fan favourites from the Northeast.
The remainder of the main card along with several preliminary bouts will be announced next week.


Why did Mark Twain pick on October first, 35 years before the big crash? Was he a closet market technician into long term cycles? However, he was smart enough to protect his reputation by naming a few other months.
The WW-GMI is not a leading indicator. It is a summary of the indicators I watch to tell me the current trend. By definition, the index will not register a strong market until after the turn has come. The WW-GMI is still zero. (click on the table to enlarge) There were only 12 "successful" 10 day new highs today. (See prior posts for indicator definitions.) However, we did see that 88/4000 stocks hit a 52 week high today. The QQQQ would have to close above 35.84 to get me interested. It closed at 35.12. The SPY would have to close above 116.70, it closed today not too far away, at 116.40. Note that I said, to get me interested, not to get me confident to buy. I expect that the end of this decline will come with a bang, not a whimper. But I never marry a scenario. I just wait to see how the market behaves. You have to observe the glass carefully for a while to determine if it was half full or half empty.
Everyone is glued to the Fed tomorrow. It is possible they could say something that could make this market explode to the upside. However, I shall wait until things happen, and will not jump the gun. Right now, my portfolio is 10% short, all through owning puts that expire at least 2 months from now. I can afford to wait out any minor bounce, as long as the indexes do not violate their downtrends. If they do, I will sell the puts. I never go against the trend. In a coming post, I will describe why I think buying puts in a declining market makes sense (and dollars). I also think that put options can be used with minimal risk and will show you how.
Many thanks to www.thekirkreport.com for mentioning my blog. I check Kirk's blog every day for his keen insights, and welcome his referrals. Check some of my earlier posts to undertstand my trading philosophy and background.
Well, the market didn't collapse today. So what. Did you really think it would just tank like it did in 1987? Most people hope it is over, and think that a further decline is not justified by the state of business, and especially, with all the bargains that have now materialized. However, the market always goes further than everyone thinks is justified–up or down. This bear has plenty of time to smell the roses before it hibernates again. It will take its own time. Especially ominous–the short term interest rate index I follow jumped today–as much as it did when this rise in rates began in the first week of January. Is something going to convince the Fed to become more aggressive? Stay tuned.
Experienced traders do not care which way the market goes, as long as it moves in a trend. Do you really believe the old adage, "Don't sell America short?" While the market spends most of the time going up, when we can buy stocks, why not profit in those periods of decline, when we can sell stocks short? A good bear lasts 10 or more months and prices decline quicker than they go up–fear is quite a motivator. Why play only one side of the game.
Selling short scares people. You ask your broker to borrow someone elses shares so you can sell them at the current price. He puts the proceeds in your account, but you can't touch the money until you give back the shares you borrowed. When the stock falls, you buy the shares back at the lower price and give them back to the broker. You, however, get to keep the difference between the price you first sold the shares at and the subsequent buy back price (sell short at 80, buy back at 70–you make $10/share). What scares everyone is the idea that if the stock rises, you have to buy it back at a higher price and the price could theoretically go to a gazillion. However, when you own a stock, the most it can fall is to zero.
Now, to sell short I must trade in 100 share blocks in a margin account. Margin, because the broker will charge me interest when he lends me the shares to sell short. But I can't trade on margin in my IRA account. However, some brokers allow customers to trade options in an IRA. Enter the Put option, IRA.
A put option gives me the right to sell 100 shares to someone at a set price for a set time. Thus, if I think stock XYZ, which is trading at 50 is going to decline, I could purchase a put option to sell 100 shares of XYZ at 50 (or 55, or 60 etc.) good for a few weeks or months. I could then buy the stock, if it declines, to say, 45 and put them to someone at 50. But I do not have to purchase the shares. If XYZ declines, the put option (which trades like a stock on the option exchange) will increase in value and I can sell the option at a profit. But if XYX rises, I can sell the option at a small loss or let it expire worthless. Either way, if the stock rises, the most I can lose is the cost of the option. So much for the myth of the infinite loss from selling short.
I can even buy put options on the stock market indexes (QQQQ, DIA) or ETF's, if I think we are in a bear market–all in my IRA. I cannot possibly cover all of the ins and outs of options here. I am just trying to whet your appetite and show you how I profit from a declining market. For a primer on options go to the learning center at www.cboe.com. I disregard the media pundits looking for the rare rising stock to purchase and bet on the many stocks that are declining.


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Q: jquery AJAX get encountering undefined error for valid json response Team - I am new to jquery and facing issue with a valid json response giving unknown error.
Web based C# MVC and backend database is SQL Server. I am using EF.
If I use the below code:
IQueryable dbResult = dbContext.ParentRecord.Where(row => row.Id ==id).Include(row => row.ChildRecord);

if (dbResult != null) { return Ok(dbResult) }

I have verified that the HTTP Status code is 200, the child records are populated correctly and tested the structure to be a valid json.
However the above encounters error in get function. If I remove the Include - the ParentRecord.ChildRecord is null and the get works.
There are no details available about the error in the xhr object. It enters the error function and response is undefined. (code below)
Please note: I have tried with fail function, datatype: "json",
 content-type: "application/json, charset=UTF-8" combinations as well.
$.ajax({
url: _url,
cache: false,
error: function (xhr, status, error) {
alert("error : " + xhr.responseText);
}
}).done(function (data) {

alert("inside " + data);
})

Can anyone point me to the root cause of the error? Or help me get more details on the actual error?

A: include success for e.g:
cache: false,
success: function(reponse){
//parse your serverside code from resonse
}

I hope this works for you.
plus in javascript/jquery, execution stops at the line where it finds an error in code.
and in your ajax you have a extra 'comma' at the end. I'll Bold it.
.ajax({
url: _url,
cache: false,
error: function (xhr, status, error) {
alert("error : " + xhr.responseText);
}, // <=== there's extra comma here. When comma is mentioned it expects for another parameter as you're passing an object. Remove it.
}).done(function (data) {

alert("inside " + data);
})

A: The issue is traced to Fluent API in C#. Apparently what I did not realize is that jquery is not only expecting a valid json structure but also validating the json response with the respective class.
Unfortunately jquery get error did not provide me any details about the error, which made it hard to detect the anomaly (esp. for newbies like me)
The validation to class failed in this case as it was expecting a ChildRecord.ParentRecord = null field in the response structure. This anomaly is due to Fluent API navigation property definition where the ChildRecord class has the following declaration:
[ForeignKey("PID")]
public virtual ParentRecord ParentRecord { get; set; }

The work around would be to either explicitly set ChildRecord.ParentRecord as null and ensure it is passed into the response or change the Fluent API definition.
I went with the second option.


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All of Me est un film américain réalisé par James Flood, sorti en 1934.

Synopsis
Un professeur fatigué de la direction que prend sa vie, déménage vers l'ouest mais sa petite amie ne comprend pas pourquoi il est si mécontent...

Fiche technique
 Titre : All of Me
 Réalisation : James Flood
 Scénario : Sidney Buchman et Thomas Mitchell d'après la pièce Chrysalis de
 Photographie : Victor Milner
 Société de production : Paramount Pictures
 Pays d'origine : États-Unis
 Format : Noir et blanc - 1,37:1 - Mono
 Durée : 70 minutes
 Date de sortie : 1934

Distribution
 Fredric March : Don Ellis
 Miriam Hopkins : Lydia Darrow
 George Raft : Honey Rogers
 Helen Mack : Eve Haron
 Nella Walker : Mrs. Darrow
 William Collier Sr. : Jerry Helman
 Gilbert Emery : The Dean
 Blanche Friderici : Miss Haskell
 Kitty Kelly : Lorraine
 Harry Stubbs : le deuxième homme à Speakeasy

Liens externes

Film américain sorti en 1934
Film dramatique américain
Film romantique américain
Film américain en noir et blanc
Film de Paramount Pictures
Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre américaine au cinéma

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What the Hell Happened to Winter in Austin?
Austin may be known for its temperate climate, but this season has been unusually warm, even by Central Texas standards. Northerners may look at Austinites walking around in their Birkenstocks and daisy dukes with envy, but locals are worried about what the warm winter might mean for the spring and summer months.
Chikage Windler, chief meteorologist for CBS Austin, chalks up the heat to a La Niña phenomenon. "Basically, the water temperature off of the equatorial Pacific is colder than normal," she says. This cold water generates a pattern with the jet stream that leads to areas of drier and warmer weather over the southern United States.
And it certainly has been a warm winter. The last 90 days of 2016 was the warmest final 90-day period in Austin since 1897, according to Burton Fitzsimmons, a meteorologist with Spectrum News in Austin. Windler adds that, so far this winter, Austin has only experienced five freezes, which is less than a third of the average freezes the city normally has per year.
A wetter spring could potentially hold off the heat expected this summer, meaning it won't get truly hot until later in the summer months. But, bad news, y'all: Even though La Niña has begun to fizzle out, we can expect a warmer-than-average summer. Bummer.
There is a silver lining, though—the weather patterns could change later on in the year, according to Fitzsimmons. Both meteorologists allude to the possibility of an El Niño for later this year, which would mean more ice, cold weather, and rainfall.


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Disease-Related Trade Restrictions Shaped Animal Product Markets in 2004 and Stamp Imprints on 2005 Forecasts
29 August 2005, at 12:00am
By the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) - This report looks at Disease outbreaks and related trade restrictions that affected U.S. animal-product markets and exports in 2003, and how they continued to constrain markets in 2004.
Disease-Related Trade Restrictions Shaped Animal Product Markets in 2004 and Stamp Imprints on 2005 Forecasts - By the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) - This report looks at Disease outbreaks and related trade restrictions that affected U.S. animal-product markets and exports in 2003, and how they continued to constrain markets in 2004.
U.S. cattle and beef markets were most affected. Bans on key U.S. beef export markets were implemented and adjusted; court cases in the United States related to reopening the U.S. border to Canadian cattle and beef imports are moving forward.
On July 14, 2005, the Ninth District Court of Appeals lifted the preliminary injunction that blocked implementation of the BSE minimal-risk regions rule. Pork, dairy, and lamb markets did not face any direct disease issues but both U.S. and international outbreaks of Avian Influenza buffeted poultry markets. Forecasts of 2005 U.S. animal-products trade reflect expected market responses given the uncertainties surrounding cattle and beef markets in the United States.
Beef, cattle, and poultry trade restrictions related to disease have been key features of animal-product markets in the United States since the middle of 2003. In particular, cattle and beef markets continue to be impacted by the trade restrictions that followed the discovery of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in North America in 2003. Both U.S. and international outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) influenced poultry markets late in 2003 and during all of 2004.
Other factors shaped worldwide animal-product markets in 2004, including the changing flow of animal products as countries adjusted to redefined markets. Brazil in particular has emerged as a significant competitor of the United States in international poultry markets and as a major player in international beef markets. Exchange rate movements that weakened the dollar relative to key currencies also played an important role. The cloud over beef and poultry trade contrasted with the robustness of the pork, lamb and mutton, and dairy markets. International forces were at play in these markets, but not in such a negative way as for beef and poultry. The outlook for the U.S. meat, poultry, and dairy markets in 2005 relies on assessments of domestic production, the continuing effects of disease and trade restrictions on exports to major trading partners, the role of "new" animal product suppliers, and currency exchange relationships.
Hogs/Pork
Hog slaughter in the United States in 2004 was around 103 million head, about 8 percent of which were of Canadian origin. About two-thirds of the 8.5 million head that came into the United States from Canada last year were feeder pigs, with most of the remainder for immediate slaughter. The importance of live hog exports from Canada has grown due in part to a changing hog and pork industry structure in both Canada and the United States. Hog production in Canada has been moving to the western provinces, with firms specializing in producing feeder pigs and slaughter hogs for export. Incentives for this movement include favorable U.S. feed costs and western Canada's favorable climate with respect to disease control.
U.S. hog imports are expected to decline slightly in 2005 to about 8 million head (fig. 3). This expectation is based on a slight growth in U.S. hog numbers. Even though there is a decline, U.S.-Canada hog trade has been facilitated by the resolution of an antidumping complaint. In March 2004, U.S. pork producer organizations and individual producers filed petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC). Those petitions alleged illegal subsidization of Canadian exports in 2003 and sought trade relief in the form of antidumping and countervailing duties. On April 6, 2005, the ITC determined that the domestic hog industry is not materially injured or threatened by material injury by reason of live swine imports from Canada, effectively terminating this antidumping case.
U.S. pork exports in 2004 reached a record 2.18 billion pounds, up 27 percent from a year earlier (fig. 4). This increase was achieved by growth in almost all major markets, with those in Asia taking more pork since both beef and poultry imports from major suppliers were restricted. Exports to Canada also grew substantially. The largest increase in pork exports was to Mexico, an increase of 53 percent over 2003. Mexico accounted for about 25 percent of U.S. pork exports in 2004. Japan remained the largest export market, accounting for 42 percent of U.S. exports. U.S. pork exports fell substantially to South Korea and Hong Kong, but increased to Taiwan and to mainland China.
Canada has emerged as the major competitor to the United States in world pork markets. Canada's share of global pork exports in 2004 was about 21 percent, the same as the U.S. share. Japan has been the world's largest single pork importer for several years, and has become an increasingly important market for both the United States and Canada. In 2004, the United States and Canada together supplied 51 percent of Japan's pork imports (31 percent by the United States, 20 percent by Canada). However, for Canada, the major pork export market is still the United States, to which 50-60 percent of Canadian pork exports flowed in 2004. Canada could remain competitive with the United States in international pork markets, but its competitiveness traditionally has been limited by the Canadian pork industry's heavier reliance on live animal exports rather than pork production—a situation that has been changing somewhat in recent years.
U.S. pork exports are forecast to rise about 21 percent in 2005 to over 2.6 billion pounds, the 14th consecutive annual record, while imports are expected to decline by about 8 percent after having fallen 7 percent in 2004 from the previous year (fig. 4).
Cattle and poultry trade restrictions related to disease clearly shaped the animal product markets in 2004. Beef, cattle, and poultry trade directly responded to changing situations related to diseases. Pork, dairy, and sheep and lamb markets were indirectly affected. Other factors of some consequence in shaping last year's markets include the emergence of competing animal product suppliers—Brazil being a prime example—and exchange rate movements that made U.S. exports more competitive on the international stage. As legal proceedings and regulatory actions are resolved, the import and export expectations and forecasts for animal products will be adjusted. Pork, sheep, and lamb trade forecasts are less influenced by these factors, and dairy markets often move to a different beat altogether.
Exports of U.S. animal products should remain competitive in international markets as exchange rate movements continue to result in a relatively weak U.S. dollar. The dollar's position would tend to limit imports somewhat, at least from some suppliers. Countries like Brazil and Canada emerged as significant competitors of the United States in some animal product markets—beef and poultry for Brazil, pork for Canada. This initial outlook for the U.S. meat, poultry, and dairy markets in 2005 and forecasts into the future rely on continuing assessments of the various ongoing legal and regulatory actions, the role of competing animal-product suppliers in international markets, and currency exchange relationships. While 2005 forecasts are highlighted in this report, USDA started making initial forecasts for 2006 in May 2005.
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Source: USDA NASS - August 2005


On the 25 June 2014, representatives from the PREDICT consortium part in a workshop organised by the Research Executive Agency (REA) to explore synergies between FP7 projects related to critical infrastructure protection against natural hazards and cascading effects in crisis situations.
In the framework of the Researcher Seminar of Rescue Services in Finland (3-4 June 2014) a presentation of the PREDICT project was published.
The Updated Dissemination Plan aims at presenting the dissemination strategy of the PREDICT project.


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The selection guide provides a quick introduction to the most popular interfaces in MCR technology. The first click selects the signal to be protected, the second click specifies the desired type. The hitlist includes a product recommendation that corresponds to the requirements previously selected. If the interface that was searched for is not included in the initial selection, there is a further detailed search. Selecting the corresponding installation, product, and application properties once again leads to a corresponding solution here.
In addition to the narrow TERMITRAB complete surge protective devices, the detailed search also includes the intelligent PLUGTRAB PT-IQ protective devices, as well as surge protection for SURGETRAB measuring heads. The new configurator can be accessed by entering web code #1389 into the Phoenix Contact website search field.


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Book Review in Non-Fiction, Essays & Literary Criticism
Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children's Literature
Betsy Bird, Julie Danielson, and Peter D. Sieruta
Reviewed by Kari Kelly
A delightfully subversive — and subversively delightful — look at the world of kids' books.
"Every year, just a moment before Christmas, millions of Americans named Uncle George race into a book store on their only trip of the year.
"'I want a book,' they tell the salesman, 'that my nephew Orlo can read. He's in the first grade. Wants to be a rhinosaurus hunter.'
"'Sorry,' said the salesman. 'We have nothing about rhinosauri that Orlo could possibly read.'
"'OK,' say the millions of Uncle Georges. 'Gimme something he can read about some other kind of animal.'
"And on Christmas morning, under millions of Christmas trees, millions of Orlos unwrap millions of books…all of them titled, approximately, Bunny, Bunny, Bunny.
"This causes the rhinosaurus hunters to snort, 'Books stink!'"
— Dr. Seuss, How Orlo Got His Book
In a field where so many bunnies abound, it can be hard for children's books to be taken seriously. In Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children's Literature, authors Betsy Bird, Julie Danielson, and Peter D. Sieruta more than take these books seriously; they offer an in-depth look at the history of children's literature and the genius therein.
This isn't, however, your typical textbook. This collection of essays reads more like a personal conversation with fellow kid-lit lovers, in which the discussion turns from informed and passionate to salacious and snarky in the blink of an eye. In other words, it's a great conversation.
Bird, Danielson, and Sieruta, each children's book experts in their own right, team up to divulge little-known facts about the world of children's literature that might otherwise be lost to history. They not only lament the cloying bunny archetype, but strive to provide a fuller picture of the personalities behind kids' books through amusing, enlightening, and sometimes dark anecdotes.
At its core, Wild Things is an ode to work that is too often trivialized, and it celebrates these stories for their true value to society. Short chapters connect an assortment of bookish miscellany, including subversive literature, LGBT authors, book banning, celebrity authorship, and the "Post-Potter" world of kids' lit.
These are punctuated by behind-the-scenes interludes that cover material primed for dinner-party conversation — did you know the world almost had a version of The Hobbit illustrated by Maurice Sendak? — and debates among the authors that keep the text rolling.
All told, the text covers well over 100 writers, including Theodor Geisel, Margaret Wise Brown, Shel Silverstein, and E.L. Konigsburg. Brief narratives — sometimes charming, sometimes scandalous — are culled from biographies, interviews, and firsthand discussions; thorough source notes, a bibliography, and an index are included at the end.
Wild Things brings to the table often-unexplored insights into the lives of those who write for the most impressionable among us. The saucy and irreverent discussion covers everything from plagiarism to murder. You probably know of the ongoing efforts to sanitize the works of Mark Twain, as well as the brouhaha Judy Blume's books tend to stir up. You might even know the exact word that appeared on the first page of the 2007 Newbery Medal-winning book that caused a collective gasp (and maybe a few giggles).
Can you say "scrotumgate"?
But Bird, Danielson, and Sieruta go farther than offering up trivia to illustrate that even some of the most virtuous authors in children's literature have led fuller, more risqué lives than the public might realize. Not even the wholesome Berenstains went without some under-the-sheets antics along the way.
Wild Things incorporates a respectable amount of information, and the authors' voices blend seamlessly. Still, one serious omission is their too-limited discussion of race in children's books. Race is a topic trending in the book world, as authors of color continue to struggle in obtaining representation within the industry. While the subject could arguably fill volumes, even a concise overview would have been worthwhile here.
Though Wild Things might not become the go-to reference book for your eighth grader's next school report, its tasty morsels add up to a thoroughly entertaining meal for those inclined to the fine art of children's literature. It will leave kid-lit lovers satisfied, and even avid readers of the genre with a laundry list of titles to revisit with new eyes.
Kari Kelly is first and foremost a lover of children's literature and a bookseller at Curious Iguana in downtown Frederick, MD. Over the last 10 years, she has advocated for children, libraries, books, and the community in various roles. She thinks there is no greater joy than settling down for quiet reading time with her husband and daughter in their century-old home, which is bursting at the seams with books.
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Cady Zuvich wanted to dig deeper. The university had been planning to build a massive power plant with a private company without telling the public.
But when she tried to pursue the story, she ran into a roadblock, similar to other times The Review, the student newspaper at the University of Delaware, pursued an investigative story but fell short. She blamed a Delaware Freedom of Information Act exemption for the state's two publicly funded universities, UD and Delaware State University.
Similar to other public entities, these colleges are subjected to the state's open records laws, except when dealing with certain reports and disclosing information about privately-funded university contracts and agreements.
While lawmakers in both states have worked to end the exemptions, university resistance has prevented legislators from amending the laws to allow for more transparency.
State Rep. John Kowalko, a Democrat from Delaware, had received complaints from his constituents about the construction of the 279-megawatt power plant that was to be built on a UD campus in the middle of his district. They were upset about the lack of public knowledge regarding its construction, Kowalko said, so he reacted with legislation.
"If they had these discussions earlier in public, it may not have been as contentious as it ended up being," Kowalko said.
The public complained that the university denied requests to access the lease agreement between UD and the private contractor. The university ultimately decided to terminate the agreement, because the facility's plans "are not a good fit" for the development of the campus, according to a statement from the university.
Kowalko said he is glad UD cancelled their plans to build the power plant.
Because Delaware is one of only two states with the exemptions, public institutions in the other 48 states "somehow don't feel like it's the end of the world if they have to comply with FOIA," Willing said.
Kowalko said UD did not operate transparently when it announced in 2011 — without public input — that its men's track and cross country teams would become club sports and no longer compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
According to a statement from UD, "When the university spends public funds, it has the same disclosure obligations as state agencies: all documents 'relating to the expenditure of public funds' are 'public records' and are subject to disclosure." The statement also said that the university "receives 11 percent of its budget from the state" and the rest is from other sources, including private philanthropy.
Officials at Delaware State declined to comment when contacted by the Student Press Law Center. The editor-in-chief and faculty adviser at Delaware State's student newspaper, The Hornet, were unable to be reached for comment.
Mike Grieco, the father of a UD track athlete, explained his frustration with the Freedom of Information exemption since his son was no longer allowed to play track for the school once the team was cut.
"I believe that things were done in subcommittee with minutes that aren't available," Grieco said.
In the past, UD has faced public outcry regarding their open records exemptions. The university's president, Patrick Harker, was selected by the board of trustees' executive committee in 2006. According to the attorney general at the time, since the full board of trustees did not convene to choose the president, the university is not legally required to release the records.
Delaware's Freedom of Information Act was created in 1977. The exemptions for UD were made that same year. Delaware State became exempt in 1990.
State legislators in Delaware have attempted and failed two previous times to end the exemption. One of the bills, introduced in 1997, didn't specifically name either university but would have applied the records law to institutions receiving at least $75 million in public aid. At the time, UD was the only institution that would have been affected.
More recently, in 2011, the state House of Representatives considered legislation that would include UD and Delaware State, as well as their "respective Board of Trustees" under the definitions of "public body," "public record" and "meeting," but the bill was tabled in committee. Kowalko co-sponsored that bill.
So Kowalko decided to write another bill that would eliminate the public records exemptions for the two universities. He spent the past few months trying to pass House Bill 331. The original intent of the legislation was altered with an amendment and barely changed university open records protocol.
Gov. Jack Markell signed the bill along with the amendment into law July 15. The addition to the law says universities must indicate that proposals or bids are public information when an expenditure is made out of public funds. Under the legislation, meetings of the full Board of Trustees are still the only events where university decisions must be made in public.
Markell's spokeswoman, Kelly Bachman, said that the bill aligns with the governor's priority to promote government transparency.
The governor did not have a further comment regarding whether he would support ending the exemptions for the two universities in Delaware.
In 2011, Markell signed an executive order to amend the state's public records law that reduced copying costs, simplified request forms and required each executive agency to have a "FOIA Coordinator." It did not, however, change the open records exemption for "publicly funded" universities.
Bachman said the executive order was about "improving responses to FOIA from executive branch agencies." Markell can only encourage other "branches of government, state and local governments, or Delaware universities" to follow such an order, Bachman said.
"That order encouraged, but did not require, other governmental entities in Delaware to evaluate adopting similar policies," Bachman said.
Kowalko said he remains committed to removing the exemptions for UD and Delaware State.
Mark Fowser, president of the Delaware Press Association, said the exemptions make it more difficult for student journalists to do their jobs.
"It puts another hurdle in the way of trying to spread awareness and get to the bottom of an issue," Fowser said.
Jan Blits, a professor in UD's honors program, said he is against changes to Delaware's Freedom of Information Law because additional transparency could force faculty to give up some of the privacy that they are used to having, including emails on university accounts.
"Fifty percent of something is better than 100 percent of nothing," Flaherty said. "I hope this will have a bigger discussion and find out why the University of Delaware feels that it's going to be negatively impacted by this," Flaherty said.
UD did not respond to phone calls and emails requesting a comment on the Kowalko legislation.
State-related universities in Pennsylvania get "hundreds of millions of dollars from the state every year," said Erik Arneson, a spokesman for Sen. Dominic Pileggi. However, he said these institutions do not have to comply to the same public records laws as public universities.
"A strong case can be made that there should be additional disclosure," Arneson said.
In response, Pileggi wrote Senate Bill 444, which would require police departments at the four state-related institutions to disclose records in the same way as any municipal department.
The legislation would also require Pitt, Penn State and Temple to disclose the salaries of the institution's highest-paid employees; current law requires the salaries of the 25 highest-paid employees to be disclosed. All public meeting minutes would be available online and in print for a minimum of 20 years.
The bill passed unanimously on the Senate floor and will subsequently be reviewed by the state's House..
Melissa Melewsky, media law counsel at the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, explained that her organization lobbies against the exemption.
"The reason we advocate for full inclusion is because [the universities] receive a signficiant amount of public funds and have control of millions of lives of many Pennsylvanians," Melewsky said.
Eugene DePasquale, the Pennsylvania auditor general and a former state representative, had a difficult time talking to his constituents back in 2011 about the benefits of their tax dollars, knowing that four universities in the state are exempt from revealing certain information.
Despite the changes, however, DePasquale said he was unable to get rid of the state-related university exemptions that were put into law in 2008.
"It was something I was disappointed not to get done," DePasquale said.
He had helped revise the Right-to-Know law in 2008, which had not been revamped since 1957. DePasquale explained that Pennsylvania had one of the weakest Right-to-Know laws in the nation before it was altered.
Terry Mutchler, executive director of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records, said that under the 2008 update, "every record in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania held by an agency was presumed open and available for inspection." Previously, "citizens had the burden to prove why a record was available," she said. The 2008 law also created the OOR as an independent agency, which has jurisdiction over which documents can be revealed if a citizen is denied a record.
"This model of government where you have a very strong Right-to-Know Law, an independent agency reviews records and a binding authority is extremely successful," Mutchler said.
"What public interest do you have in not having publicly funded universities not part of the state's Right-to-Know Law? I believe that the exemption serves zero public interest," DePasquale said.
Sam Janesch, editor-in-chief of The Daily Collegian, the student newspaper at Penn State, said that the newspaper staff has difficulty accessing public records from the university, adding that their main way of getting information is through the university's public relations office.
But if Pileggi's bill is passed into law, Janesch said student reporters would have more access to information about campus crimes and complaints.
Mahita Gajanan, interim editor-in-chief of The Pitt News, the student newspaper at the University of Pittsburgh, said she has not experienced issues obtaining open records from the university, adding that the communication director usually points her in the right direction to access information.
"I hope that universities can work to make things more transparent and just kind of make it easier because really we just want to know what's going on and I don't think anyone has ulterior motives," Gajanan said.
Gajanan gets frustrated by the minimal amount of information that the university police department provides student journalists, she said.
He added that the university supports the potential to change the legal requirements of the campus police force.
The editor-in-chiefs at Temple's student newspaper, Temple News, and Lincoln's student newspaper, The Lincolnian, were unable to be reached for comment.
Robert Richards, a journalism professor at Penn State, as well as the co-founder of the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment and the vice president of the Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition, said state-related universities are "a different animal," adding that he understands the four universities' argument. Even if Penn State did not have the public records exemption, he said news on the Sandusky scandal may not have been released any sooner.
Sara Ganim, current CNN correspondent who broke the Sandusky story for the Patriot-News in 2011 and won a Pulitzer Prize for her crime investigation, agreed and said that writing the story did not require public records.
"When you're looking for police records, you can always attempt to go through the victims, who usually have access to their own cases," Ganim said.
Student journalists working at college papers whose universities are exempt from releasing certain public records have agreed that the law negatively impacts the quality of their journalism.
By finding out more information about special projects, police records and the spending of funds, Zuvich said that her paper at UD can avoid "he said, she said" journalism and focus on investigative pieces.
"It's frustrating that the minority of universities don't [give us] access to information that FOIA laws guarantee us," Zuvich said.
Blits, a UD professor, supports transparency, but doesn't think Kowalko's specific bill achieves that.
Fowser, president of the Delaware Press Association, said that, ultimately, information is what journalists need to practice good journalism.


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Hector Martignon and the Foreign Affair at the Parrish in 2018. Photo: Corinne Erni.
Music on the Terrace: Hector Martignon and the Foreign Affair
July 17, 2020, 6 pm - 7:30 pm
Two-time Grammy nominee Hector Martignon will return to the Parrish with a stellar lineup from the Foreign Affair Quartet including Christos Rafalides (vibes), Gabriel Vivas (bass) and Samuel Torres (percussion). The quartet has performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's annual "The Next Wave" festival and at leading jazz venues in New York including Joe's Pub/The Public Theater, nationally, and worldwide. A master in fusing traditional Latin American tunes, European classical music, and Afro-Cuban jazz, Colombian-born and New York-based Martignon has composed, orchestrated, produced, performed, and recorded music in a wide spectrum of genres, from classical and crossover, to jazz and world music, to rock and pop.
Advance ticket purchase with pre-event registration is required.
All tickets are sold pre-event and online only. No sales at the door. All sales are final, non-transferable, and non-refundable.
The event takes place outdoors on the Museum's terrace, with possible use of the Event Lawn in good weather. Please bring your own chairs, no Museum seating is available.
You must wear a mask to access the event. The event is limited capacity with designated seating areas based on safe social distancing. Face coverings must be worn when in aisles or moving through spaces.
No outside food or drink is permitted. Individually packaged food and drinks will be available to pre-purchase through the cafe vendor, Elegant Affairs. A link to purchase items will be sent to you the week of the program.
Restrooms will be open during the event. Hand sanitizer and wipes will be available. The Parrish is being regularly disinfected for the safety of our staff and visitors.
Friday Nights at the Parrish are made possible, in part, by Presenting Sponsor: Additional support provided by Sandy and Stephen Perlbinder.
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A very special show to headline the 2019 Cruthu Arts Festival as the totally unique Belfast artist Duke Special joined by his brilliant percussionist Chip Bailey in the intimate wonderful surrounds of St John's Church makes for an unmissable live musical experience... Seating is limited so y'all need to get your friends on it!!!
Many people are aware of Duke Special's platinum album 'Songs From The Deep Forest', and the hit song 'Freewheel', but many may be surprised by the cultural breadth of his other work. His creative talents have seen him involved in projects as diverse as writing the theme tune for the Irish Sesame Street to writing the music for and appearing in Deborah Warner's critically acclaimed 2009 production of Bertolt Brecht's 'Mother Courage and Her Children' at London's National Theatre. He has presented a documentary on the life of '50s megastar Ruby Murray and has been commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to write a series of original songs based on photographs for their exhibition of the photographers Stieglitz, Steichen, and Strand.
Recently he joined forces with stand-up comedian Andrew Doyle and together they brought a brand new musical adaptation of 'Gulliver's Travels' to the Lyric Theatre in his native Belfast, a production created by the team behind the West End smash hit Once the Musical!
In 2016 he was appointed as the Artist In Residence at the Lyric Theatre and as part of this residency, he worked on writing a musical adaptation of Huckleberry Finn, based on songs written by Kurt Weill, which will premiere in 2018. The end of the residency was marked by 3 intimate shows at the Lyric in December, performing some of his new works and old favourites with some special guests, including Ben Castle and Barry Hyde from Futureheads.
Duke has recently released his new album Hallow, a collection of songs based on poems by Belfast contemporary poet Michael Longley..


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Remembering Leon Fleisher
By Lisa Flynn | August 3, 2020
Leon Fleisher (Photo: Joanne Savio)
The renowned American pianist Leon Fleisher died on Sunday in Baltimore. He was 92. In a career spanning eight decades, he left an incredible legacy as a performer, teacher, and conductor.
Fleisher began studying the piano at the age of four, and by the 1950s, he had achieved international acclaim through his performances and recordings. In 1964, he developed focal dystonia, a neurological condition that rendered him unable to use his right hand. He eventually refocused his career on teaching and conducting while also becoming a champion of piano music for the left hand, including commissioning new works. After years of undergoing several types of therapy, he regained the use of his right hand and was able to return to performing and recording works for both hands. One of his albums, Two Hands, is also the title of an Oscar-nominated documentary about his life.
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On Wednesday morning, three of the best Tiger football players from 2012 secured four more years on the gridiron.
Colton Bretton, Cody Burtscher and Jared Thames put pen to paper for their National Letters of Intent in front of numerous family members and friends in the GRHS library.
Quarterback Bretton signed with Stephen F. Austin State University.
Bretton plans on a business-related major. As for Signing Day, he couldn�t have been happier about it.
Bretton won�t soon forget the good times with Tiger football.
�I�ll just remember the brotherhood we had here, the way we came together and all the games we won,� Bretton said.
SFA quarterback coach Jeremy Moses is pleased with the acquisition.
Moses could tell Bretton comes from a good family.
Defensive lineman Thames signed with Tarleton State University.
Thames is leaning toward a physical therapy major. He had plenty to grin about on Signing Day.
Thames will carry great memories from his days as a Tiger.
�I will always remember the people who have helped me along the way to get where I am today,� he said.
Tarleton head coach Cary Fowler is pleased to bring the big man on board.
Cody Burtscher signed with Tarleton State University as an �athlete�, and his role will be determined down the line.
Burtscher is planning on a biomedical major. He certainly enjoyed the moment on Signing Day.
Burtscher believes Tiger football has prepared him well.
Fowler was also excited to bring Burtscher into the fray.
�Cody Burtscher is just a good all-around football player, and you can never have too many of those,� he said. �He could help us at any of several positions, so we really signed him as an athlete. Both kids from Glen Rose are exciting athletes and even better young men.
These standouts will see their team colors and mascots change, but they won�t forget their football foundations were laid as red Tigers.


I had an interesting conversation with a former co-worker last year. A front-end developer. Nice kid. Matt posited that his work as a developer should be considered "art." He didn't particularly like being labeled an "engineer." His argument was that he was as passionate about writing code as any painter is about a canvas, as any sculptor is about a bust or as any graphic artist is about a layout. His code, he contended, was a reflection of him, every bit as much as the "Mona Lisa" was a reflection of da Vinci.
Not doubting his passion, my contention was that true "art" exists for no other purpose than to be art, and the work he does as a developer, writing code that powers the websites and mobile apps we build, exists as something more than just art. His work – while potentially beautiful and certainly a reflection of the developer involved – exists to serve a purpose. It exists to DO something. Not just BE. I contended – and still do – that Matt is without a doubt a craftsman, but not an artist.
We debated back and forth over a period of weeks, each of us conjuring examples to prove the other wrong. Two weeks after he turned in his notice, on his very last day at The Richards Group…the debate continued, and we had no choice but to leave it unresolved as Matt was moving to Atlanta. We've stayed in touch the past year with a periodic email or lunch when Matt happened to be in Dallas, and, of course, the distance has done nothing to squelch the debate.
Having spent the past 16 years in advertising, I think we sometimes lose sight of this. We get so caught up in the beauty of our designs, we lose sight of what purpose they are supposed to serve, what user problem they are supposed to solve. A TV spot can tell a story and/or elicit an emotional response, but if it doesn't direct the viewer to take action or, at the very least, connect the viewer positively with the brand, it has failed to serve its purpose. The same can be said of a print ad, an online banner, a website or a social media campaign. None of it exists for the sake of itself.
That's why I don't get the hesitance traditional advertisers have with the digital revolution. What I've heard over the years in some form or another is that traditionalists consider themselves to be "artists," while we nerdy digital people are "engineers," and the two just don't "get" each other. It's form vs. function. But, really…is it?
We're all designers, aren't we? Why can't it be form AND function. Why can't we have a beautiful aesthetic that functions beautifully? Shouldn't that be the goal? I believe it's the best way to achieve "good work." And, I think, that's a position with which even Matt would agree.


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IT: Chapter 2 Has Cast The Adult Version Of Another One Of The Kids
Rather than try to pack the tome that is Stephen King's IT into a single 120-150 minute-long movie, Warner Bros made the wise decision to split its adaptation of the 1986 novel into two movies. Last year's IT chronicled The Losers' Club first encounters with the eponymous entity when they were children, and next year, we'll see the protagonists return to Derry, Main as adults to confront Pennywise one last time in IT: Chapter 2. Over the last few months the sequel's cast has started coming together, and today Sinister actor James Ransone revealed that he's been brought on to play the adult version of Eddie Kaspbrak.
Played by Shazam!'s Jack Dylan Grazer in IT, Eddie Kaspbrak was the hypochondriac of The Losers Club, although he later learned that rather than being truly sickly, his mother was the source of his "condition," as she believed that the only way she could properly protect him was to convince him he was ill. In the IT novel, the grown-up Eddie ran a successful limousine business and married a woman named Myra (who was very similar to his mother), though it remains to be seen how much of Eddie's adult life from the source material will be kept intact for IT: Chapter 2. Regardless, looking at Grazer and James Ransone side-by-side below, the latter is an excellent choice to play the adult version of the former, so it was good to hear directly from the actor (via Comicbook.com) that he'll be taking part in the sequel.
James Ransone's arguably best known for his role as Deputy So-and-So in the Sinister movies, while his other notable credits include The Wire, Generation Kill, Treme and Low Winter Son. The man has a deep background in the horror realm, so joining IT: Chapter 2 will be a good fit for him. Along with Ransone, so far only Bill Skarsgard and Jessica Chastain are confirmed to appear in IT: Chapter 2 as Pennywise and Beverly Marsh, respectively, although it was reported last month that Bill Hader and James McAvoy were in talks to join as Richie Tozier and Bill Denbrough, respectively. Assuming Hader and McAvoy are now part of the lineup, that leaves the adult versions of Ben Hanscom, Mike Hanlon and Stan Uris left to be cast. The adolescent actors from IT are also expected to briefly return for the sequel via flashbacks. Andy Muschietti is once again directing, and Gary Dauberman is working on the script with Jeffrey Jorgensen.
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I imagined a three-week diet of dolphin steaks and unicorn burgers. But he was using the word food more loosely than I could have guessed. What really broke the bank was his daily ingestion of 55 energy gels.
I started cooking on bike tours because I had no choice. I couldn't afford restaurants. If I wanted an adventure, I would have to peel it myself.
On my first big trip, I made the decision that I wasn't going to compromise on what I ate. Whilst it might have been simple, I wanted it to be tasty and I wanted variety. On my front wheels I had 25litre panniers. They were almost entirely dedicated to food or its preparation.
Buying a quality stove, where the heat could be regulated, as well as a few different cooking pots that packed away inside one another was my first step away from standard one-pot-soggy-pasta. I also chose petrol as my heat source. It's cheap, universally available and the bottle is reusable, meaning no waste gas canister.
Next I gathered a few hotel-size shampoo bottles: refilling them with olive oil, honey, mustard, hot sauce and washing up liquid. I threw these in an old dry bag which became my bike touring store cupboard. I then added packets of powdered garlic, oregano, linseed, chia, salt and pepper. Nothing crazy fancy. Just enough to make that basic pasta, rice or porridge meal tasty.
I also quickly learnt that a handlebar bag is where you keep: your knife (for quartering fruit from an orchard), your morning sandwich and your naughty chocolate bar. And that grass or river grit is as good for cleaning pans as any household scourer.
After a time, I got a steady job. I still took holidays to bike tour, but now had money left over for a cup of coffee or the occasional evening diner. Strangely though, I found I still preferred to camp wild. And I still wanted to cook outdoors.
As dusk fell, it gave me great pleasure to roll my bike into the brush, knowing I had everything for a wholesome filling meal, a good nights sleep and enough water for cowboy coffee and oats come morning.
The weight of such self-sufficiency wasn't something I struggled with. The opposite in fact. Maybe the bike was heavier. And slower. But the choice felt consistent with the values of bike travel in the first instance. A return to the simple life. An embrace of boiled down existence. The logical opportunity to re-prioritize the basics, including control over what I ate.
I'd also improved my bike-cuisine tricks. At lunchtime I'd often pour lentils into a bike bottle, top it up with water and return it to the cage until dinner. It then needed only a quick blast on the stove, and seasoning with curry powder. Delicious.
Today I realize there is no limit to the meals you can prepare on a bike trip, and I never have to plan my ride around arriving in town by evening. I try to choose local ingredients by day from market stalls or neighborhood shops. During these exchanges, different foods get tried, new recipes shared, and even the occasional invitation to dinner. I've now experimented with everything from a bain-marie cake on a campfire (not so successful), to applying emergency oil from a can of tuna, in place of chain lube.
Taking more of an interest in the food we eat especially when the body is in most need of it is to be kind to yourself. To cycle and eat well is a refined and enriched version of living. Not a more complicated one.
The slow food cyclist is understandably not an immediate fit for all Americans in the land of two week annual holidays, fast food restaurants and the automobile. But if we really want to get away from it all on a bike tour, riding long and hard miles between gas station meals is not the answer. It doesn't bring any clarity on how to live better when you finish. And nobody's ever discovered happiness at the bottom of an energy gel. To be a slightly slower cyclist who eats well, sleeps long and breakfasts heartily is truly to be rich in spirit.
Matt Maynard is a greedy British cyclist, writer and environmentalist based in Santiago, Chile. Find more of his adventures on Twitter @MattNMaynard, Facebook and at his website Matt-Maynard.com.
Excited to try any of Matt's ideas on a bike tour, such as tuna oil for chain lube?
Got your own top tips for meals on wheels?
This is great. Wonderful writing, biking, and living. Thanks for sharing!
I think using tuna oil as chain lube is inviting a bear to eat your bicycle!
Thanks for your comment Eddy. Glad you enjoyed it.
Love it Matt – will use some of these ideas for our bike trip!
Not sure Tuna Oil on a bike chain is a great idea on the GDMBR- we have these things called BEARS.
But I like the spirit of the idea.
Thanks Jack ( : Yes another reader – Julian Ward – pointed that out and we agreed it probably wouldn't be a good idea. I tried the tuna trick in Argentina actually (not in bear country). Perhaps, come to think of it, that's why those Argentinian cats found their way into my tent in my previous post!


The Blind Boys Of Alabama: Tiny Desk Concert Whether young or old, blind or sighted, these gospel greats craft an impeccable mix of polished blues, swinging soul and from-the-gut expressions of faith.
The numbers alone bear out The Blind Boys of Alabama's status as one of the greatest and most venerated gospel groups the world has ever known. Formed under a different name in 1939, the band has understandably experienced many lineup changes in the 72 years since: Singer Jimmy Carter is the only participant in this lineup billed as a founding member, and even that term is up for debate. But there's no mistaking the tremendous legacy these men embody, from the 60-plus albums and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award to the group's 2007 induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
That said, numbers and awards don't sum up the gentle, easygoing grace of this Tiny Desk Concert, wherein these Blind Boys — young and old, blind and sighted — craft an impeccable mix of polished blues, swinging soul and from-the-gut gospel. The Blind Boys of Alabama's new album, Take the High Road, features an assortment of country stars, from Jamey Johnson and Willie Nelson to Lee Ann Womack and Hank Williams Jr. That the group so seamlessly bridges the worlds of country, gospel, blues and R&B speaks volumes about its impact on performers of every stripe, not to mention the graceful ease with which its message can stick to just about any soul.
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The Art Institute of Las Vegas was a for-profit college in Henderson, Nevada. It was founded in 1983 as The Interior Design Institute and was later known as The Design Institute. It was renamed The Art Institute of Las Vegas in 2001 when it was purchased by Education Management Corporation, which was headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ai-Las Vegas was part of a system of Art Institutes schools. It was one of the colleges acquired from EDMC by Dream Center Education Holdings (DCEH), LLC, in 2017. It closed in December 2019.

Academics
Although The Art Institute of Las Vegas was accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) to award certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees. In January 2019, ACICS sent a letter to Ai Las Vegas asking the school to show cause for why it should not take away its accreditation. The institution was also under heightened cash monitoring by the US Department of Education.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the Art Institute of Las Vegas had an 18% graduation rate and an 18% default rate.

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On March 7, 2019, the Art Institute of Las Vegas was sold, allowing it to stay open unlike the other Art Institute colleges that are closing, and is taking transfers from other Art Institute schools. The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Las Vegas (formerly the Culinary Institute of Las Vegas) was a division of The Art Institute of Las Vegas.

The school's accreditation was threatened in January 2019. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation moved to suspend the school's license to operate in July but gave the school permission to continue operating if it could address its deficiencies by February 2020 on the condition that the school (a) stop admitting new students and (b) notify students of its troubles. In October, the department learned that the school had continued to admit new students and the department suspended the school's license. Although some faculty were working to save the institution, it closed in December 2019.

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Google Earth exposes North Korea's secret prison camps
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Rights groups are pushing the United Nations high commissioner for human rights to open an international investigation into Pyongyang's "deplorable" record on its citizens' rights, including a system of political prisons that has operated for more than 50 years.
Pyongyang insists that the camps do not exist and are merely foreign propaganda, but the advent of high-resolution, free images from outer space has disproved that claim.
On January 18, the North Korean Economy Watch website announced that a new camp had been identified alongside an existing detention facility in Kaechon, South Pyongan Province.
Using newly provided Google Earth images, analyst Curtis Melvin was able to conclude that the new camp sits alongside Camp 14 and has a perimeter fence that stretches nearly 13 miles.
The facility was built since the last images of the site were released, in December 2006.
The fence has two checkpoints and six guard posts, while a number of accommodation units and office buildings are also clearly visible. A coal mine within the fence does not appear to be operational, Melvin concluded.
Very few North Koreans have managed to escape from prison camps and to freedom outside the country's borders, but those who have tell of terrible suffering.
Inmates – who can be imprisoned for life, along with three generations of their families, for anything deemed to be critical of the regime – are forced to survive by eating rats and picking corn kernels out of animal waste.
Activists say that as many as 40 per cent of inmates die of malnutrition, while others succumb to disease, sexual violence, torture, abuse by the guards or are worked to death.
Men, women and children are required to work for up to 16 hours a day in dangerous conditions, often in mines or logging camps.
Anyone sent to a North Korean labour camp is unlikely to ever leave again, analysts say, while a failed attempt to escape brings execution.
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The fire service is keen to attract and retain more women. One service is doing this through an enhanced maternity package.
Firefighter Emma Richards has just had her second daughter and has benefited from an enhanced maternity package aimed at retaining women in the fire service.
Emma and her partner Jason are both firefighters in Newcastle.
Sixteen months ago Emma had her first daughter Katie and was able to take nine months off on full pay followed by three months on half pay.
She will benefit from the enhanced policy this time round after just giving birth to her second daughter Sophie.
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According to the latest figures, women make up just four per cent of the UK's firefighting force, up just one per cent since 2006. That makes the profession one of the most male-dominated in the UK.
A 2008 report from the Audit Commission on the lack of women and ethnic minorities in the UK fire service suggested that there could be considerable benefits from having a more diverse workforce, including being able to reach a wider section of the public with messages about fire safety.
Diane Dunlevey, Equality and Diversity Manager at the Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, where Emma and Jason are employed, says: We've recognised that by offering a good maternity package mums are more likely to return to work and when they do they tend to be happier and therefore much more productive than if they'd had to return before they were ready. And having someone return to work is better than having to recruit and train someone new. So not only do individuals benefit, the Service does too.
"We've had some positive feedback on the new policy and we also use it to attract more females to the service."
Emma says: "The Service has been really supportive of me during both pregnancies, modifying my duties accordingly, whilst ensuring I could be on duty on the same days as my watch to maintain contact.
"The first year of having a new baby is such a special one and so to be able to have that with Katie without the pressure of returning to work was great. I am looking forward to repeating the experience with my second child."
Her partner Jason is Watch Manager has also benefited from two weeks' paternity leave on full pay, again higher than the legal minimum. He says: "Having a baby is a really stressful time so for us to not have the additional financial and emotional pressures of Emma returning to work early was a real bonus."
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